The 2009 Superstars Series season was the sixth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the third season of the International Superstars Series. Both championships were won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers Team Car No. Drivers Rounds ROAL Motorsport BMW M3 (E90) 1 Gianni Morbidelli All 11 Francesco Ascani All Ferlito Motors Jaguar S-Type R 2 Ivan Benvenuti 1–2 Moreno Petrini 3 Alessandro Cacciari 4–5 Walter Nudo 6–7 Pierluigi Veronesi 8 Jaguar XF SV8 Francesco Dracone 9 Jaguar S-Type R 3 Ermanno Dionisio 1–7 Audi Sport Italia Audi RS4 (B7) 3 Ermanno Dionisio 8-9 4 Filipe Albuquerque 5 Roberto Sigala 8 Luca Rangoni 9 Motorzone Race Car Chevrolet Lumina CR8 5 Fabrizio Armetta 6, 8–9 BMW M5 (E39) 33 5 37 1, 3–4 Sandro Cacciari 2 Massimo Pesci 5 GASS Racing BMW M5 (E39) 7 Beppe Arlotti 1 Fabrizio Gini 1, 6 Scuderia TRT BMW M5 (E39) 7 Fabrizio Gini 9 Alessandro Battaglin 5 RGA Sportmanship BMW M3 (E92) 8 Roberto Sigala 2, 5 9 Roberto Russo 1 10 Nicolò Piancastelli 4 Walter Salles 5 Roberto Sperati 5 Top Run Racing BMW M3 (E92) 9 Roberto Russo 5–8 Habitat Racing BMW M3 (E92) 12 Walter Nudo 8 BMW 550i (E60) 21 Alessandro Bernasconi 1–4, 6–8 Bruno Bollini 1, 3–8 BMW M3 (E92) 22 Christian Montanari 9 Max Pigoli Team Mercedes C63 AMG 18 Max Pigoli All Zakspeed Team Chrysler 300C SRT-8 23 Pierluigi Martini All Santucci Motorsport Cadillac CTS-V 24 Roberto Del Castello 3, 6–7 27 1 BMW M5 (E39) 2 Cadillac CTS-V Roberto Benedetti 3, 6–7 Vaccari Motori BMW M5 (E39) 33 Nico Caldarola 3–4, 6, 9 Swiss Team Maserati Quattroporte 46 Andrea Chiesa 2–9 CAAL Racing BMW M5 (E39) 52 Alessio Alcidi 1–2 Sandro Bettini 3–4 Gabriele Marotta 5–8 David Baldi 9 BMW 550i (E60) 54 Stefano Gabellini 1–8 Mauro Cesari 9 BMW M5 (E39) 56 Mauro Cesari 1–8 Sandro Bettini 9 58 Roberto Papini All Millennium Team Movisport BMW 550i (E60) 69 Kristian Ghedina All

Rule changes Admission of two-doors saloon cars homologated for 4 people Admission of sequential gearboxes (with a 30 kg weight penalty) Each round consist of two races New scoring system

Calendar Round Circuit/Location Date 1 Autodromo Internazionale "Enzo e Dino Ferrari", Imola April 19 2 Adria International Raceway, Adria May 10 3 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione June 7 4 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia June 21 5 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão August 1–2 6 Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano September 20 7 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia September 27 8 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza October 18 9 Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand December 13

Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Fastest Lap Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1

Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Imola Stefano Gabellini Pierluigi Martini Max Pigoli Max Pigoli Team R2 Gianni Morbidelli Pierluigi Martini Zakspeed Team 2 R1 Adria Stefano Gabellini Stefano Gabellini Stefano Gabellini CAAL Racing R2 Stefano Gabellini Pierluigi Martini Zakspeed Team 3 R1 Magione Stefano Gabellini Stefano Gabellini Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport R2 Gianni Morbidelli Pierluigi Martini Zakspeed Team 4 R1 Mugello Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Stefano Gabellini CAAL Racing R2 Gianni Morbidelli Stefano Gabellini CAAL Racing 5 R1 Portimão Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport R2 Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport 6 R1 Vallelunga Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport R2 Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport 7 R1 Mugello Gianni Morbidelli Gianni Morbidelli Roberto Russo Top Run Racing R2 Stefano Gabellini Kristian Ghedina Movisport 8 R1 Monza Max Pigoli Stefano Gabellini Max Pigoli Max Pigoli Team R2 Max Pigoli Gianni Morbidelli ROAL Motorsport 9 R1 Kyalami Fabrizio Armetta Fabrizio Armetta Fabrizio Armetta Motorzone Race Car R2 Luca Rangoni Luca Rangoni Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG MNZ  Pts  1 Gianni Morbidelli 2 Ret Ret 4 1 2 11 12 1 1 1 1 2 5 9 1 197 2 Stefano Gabellini 5 5 1 3 3 9 1 1 3 6 Ret Ret 11 7 2 7 151 3 Max Pigoli 1 2 5 7 4 4 2 4 DNS DNS Ret Ret 14 Ret 1 2 129 4 Roberto Papini Ret 4 2 6 5 10 Ret Ret 5 13 3 2 3 3 4 3 121 5 Pierluigi Martini Ret 1 3 1 6 1 5 2 18 17 13 3 13 Ret 13 Ret 114 6 Kristian Ghedina 10 9 Ret 5 8 3 Ret 3 4 4 2 4 12 1 6 Ret 109 7 Mauro Cesari 6 7 4 2 7 13 3 5 6 3 8 Ret 4 4 11 5 108 8 Francesco Ascani 4 8 6 8 12 6 6 7 7 15 7 Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 62 9 Roberto Russo 11 Ret 8 16 4 12 1 2 3 Ret 61 10 Ermanno Dionisio Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 10 8 DNS DNS 12 Ret 6 6 7 9 37 11 Alessandro Bernasconi Ret Ret 7 9 2 Ret 5 Ret 8 32 12 Fabrizio Armetta 3 3 Ret Ret 9 DNS 16 7 Ret 13 DNS DNS Ret Ret 30 13 Filipe Albuquerque 2 2 30 14 Roberto Del Castello 7 10 11 Ret 9 15 6 7 7 9 23 15 Sandro Bettini Ret 12 4 6 16 16 Andrea Chiesa 10 10 Ret 11 Ret 10 9 9 9 6 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 17 Roberto Sigala 9 Ret 14 10 Ret 4 13 18 Bruno Bollini 14 Ret 12 14 5 8 Ret 11 19 Nico Caldarola 14 8 8 9 16 9 10 20 Alessandro Battaglin 10 5 9 21 Walter Nudo 10 10 9 10 Ret 8 8 22 Pierluigi Veronesi 10 6 7 23 Roberto Benedetti 11 16 15 8 8 Ret 6 24 Alessandro Cacciari Ret Ret 7 11 11 11 4 25 Moreno Petrini 13 7 4 26 Roberto Sperati 8 3 27 Alessio Alcidi 8 Ret Ret Ret 3 28 Ivan Benvenuti Ret 11 8 Ret 3 29 Beppe Arlotti 9 2 30 Gabriele Marotta 13 12 11 11 10 11 12 Ret 1 31 Massimo Pesci 17 DNS 0 Nicolò Piancastelli 12 DNS 0 Walter Salles 15 0 Fabrizio Gini Ret 14 DNS 0 Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG MNZ  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Teams

Position Team Points 1 CAAL Racing 400 2 ROAL Motorsport 259 3 Max Pigoli Team 129 4 Zakspeed Team 114 5 Movisport 109 6 Top Run Racing 61 7 Ferlito Motors 54 8 Audi Sport Italia 46 9 Habitat Racing 46 10 Motorzone Race Car 30 11 Santucci Motorsport 29 12 Swiss Team 15 13 Vaccari Motori 10 14 Scuderia TRT 9 15 RGA Sportmanship 6 16 Gass Racing 2

International Superstars Series Pos Driver IMO ALG MUG MNZ KYA  Pts  1 Gianni Morbidelli 2 Ret 1 1 2 5 9 1 5 4 123 2 Max Pigoli 1 2 DNS DNS 14 Ret 1 2 Ret 5 80 3 Mauro Cesari 6 7 6 3 4 4 11 5 3 9 70 4 Roberto Papini Ret 4 5 13 3 3 4 3 11 8 67 5 Fabrizio Armetta 3 3 16 7 DNS DNS Ret Ret 1 2 65 6 Stefano Gabellini 5 5 3 6 11 7 2 7 60 7 Kristian Ghedina 10 9 4 4 12 1 6 Ret 6 Ret 55 8 Roberto Russo 11 Ret 8 16 1 2 3 Ret 51 9 Francesco Ascani 4 8 7 15 5 Ret 5 Ret 14 Ret 33 10 Pierluigi Martini Ret 1 18 17 13 Ret 13 Ret 4 Ret 31 11 Filipe Albuquerque 2 2 30 12 Ermanno Dionisio Ret 6 DNS DNS 6 6 7 9 13 6 30 13 Christian Montanari 2 3 27 14 Luca Rangoni 7 1 25 15 Roberto Del Castello 7 10 7 9 11 16 Roberto Sigala 14 10 Ret 4 11 17 Alessandro Battaglin 10 5 9 18 David Baldi 8 7 7 19 Pierluigi Veronesi 10 6 7 20 Andrea Chiesa 9 9 15 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 7 21 Walter Nudo 9 10 Ret 8 6 22 Roberto Sperati 8 3 23 Roberto Benedetti 8 Ret 3 24 Alessio Alcidi 8 Ret 3 25 Bruno Bollini 12 14 8 Ret 3 26 Alessandro Bernasconi Ret Ret Ret 8 3 27 Beppe Arlotti 9 2 28 Gabriele Marotta 13 12 10 11 12 Ret 1 29 Sandro Bettini 10 11 1 30 Massimo Pesci 17 DNS 0 Walter Salles 15 0 Nico Caldarola 12 Ret 0 Francesco Dracone Ret 12 0 Fabrizio Gini Ret 15 Ret 0 Ivan Benvenuti Ret 11 0 Alessandro Cacciari 11 11 0 Pos Driver IMO ALG MUG MNZ KYA  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Superstars Trophy This ranking is open to drivers who have never participated in the Superstars Series or who have never scored points in previous editions of the Series (2005-2008 seasons). Points are awarded to the top three finishers

Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG MNZ  Pts  1 Pierluigi Martini 0 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 22 2 Roberto Russo 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 15 3 Alessandro Bernasconi 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 2 11 4 Roberto Del Castello 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 10 5 Filipe Albuquerque 3 3 6 6 Sandro Bettini 0 0 3 2 5 7 Andrea Chiesa 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 Bruno Bollini 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 Roberto Sigala 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 Nico Caldarola 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 Pierluigi Veronesi 1 2 3 12 Beppe Arlotti 2 2 Roberto Sperati 2 2 14 Walter Nudo 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Ivan Benvenuti 0 1 1 0 2 16 Alessandro Cacciari 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 Gabriele Marotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Massimo Pesci 0 0 Nicolò Piancastelli 0 0 Walter Salles 0 0 Fabrizio Gini 0 0 0 Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG MNZ  Pts 

References

External links Official Superstars website